sponsor
noun
a person who vouches or is responsible for a person or thing.
was sponsoring
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past progressiveof sponsor.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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The analysis didn’t determine who was sponsoring the bots.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2025
They alleged Afrasiabi intentionally "evaded his obligation to disclose who was sponsoring his views".
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2023
But Rueda said he didn’t give much thought to who was sponsoring the class.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2023
An advertising manager for the automaker Chrysler-Plymouth, which was sponsoring the show, objected when Clark spontaneously touched Mr. Belafonte’s arm.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 25, 2023
When the woman who’s the borough president announced that the city was sponsoring a street fair on 145th Street, I saw a chance to cheer Peaches up.
From "145th Street: Short Stories" by Walter Dean Myers
